Verse 34

Amritnada

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अशीतिश्च शतं चैव सहस्राणि त्रयोदश । लक्षश्चैकोननिःश्वास अहोरात्रप्रमाणतः ॥३४॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अशीतिः । च । शतम् । च । एव । सहस्राणि । त्रयोदश । लक्षः । च । एक-ऊन-निःश्वासः । अहो-रात्र-प्रमाणतः ॥

IAST Transliteration

aśītiś ca śataṃ caiva sahasrāṇi trayodaśa | lakṣaś caikonaniḥśvāsa ahorātrapramāṇataḥ ||34||

Translation

अहोरात्र के प्रमाण से—अस्सी और सौ, तथा तेरह हजार; और एक लाख से एक कम निःश्वास (श्वास-गणना) होते हैं।

Academic Translation

Eighty and a hundred, and thirteen thousand; and one lakh minus one exhalations—according to the measure of a day and night.

Verse Context

• Prāṇa as life-process; saṃkhyā (enumeration) for mindfulness and discipline
• Mahavakya: Indirect: encourages disidentification from bodily processes by seeing breath as countable activity, preparing for Self-knowledge.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)